G.Command. ' pon the Commandements. 71 luaeth after ber,& thcrf ore the contrary is incident both to body and mind. Thirdly, the Apofìle placeth chaflitie in bodic and minde. Nay in very trueth man is rather au s ch that,w hich be is in mind, than that which he is in bodic. The quality of the heart is w tifhich he cs in ar the quality of the man , and therefore an adulterous heart , an adulterous man nohcare. doubt ,anda breaker of this commandcment. Now s hat a generality may this par- tularitie very profitably teach vs,namely not onely to runne'to the outwarde fhewe we beare, and to our bodie with the adlions therof , when we woulde fudge of our felnes,but euen to our very hearts and inwarde thoughtes, to fee how all Both there, and as there we findc,fo to giue fentencc. If there by integrity, then fothinke: but if therein lull and adultery ,iftherebeedifimulationandfal (hood, if there be iniquity and finne , then according to it let vs thinke ofour fclues,and fay,the Lord be merci- full to vs fuch and fuch,for as our hones are, fo are we. Moreouer it may giue vs a great light todifcric the fpirit that guideth the Church of Rome. For if God con- Andof Sod:, demur the thought, how allow they the fael offimple fornication at the leaf}, ifnot mufoc the.t. of adultery, and yet fay, they haue the fpirit tho ? Is the fpirit ofGod fo variable that hot much*. fometime he condenmeth the thought and fomctimes alloweth the very fa& ? What an impietie were this to be Paid or thought ? Therfore flraungeout ofqueflion from the Lord is their fpirit. Thirdly in this commandement is condemned that thing whatfoeucr, which inticethto any vncleanes wherof there might many particulars be named. Quell. And I pray yon for more plainneffe let it not be grieuous to namefotne of the chiefs. .rlrfw. Firfl then heere is forbidden all wanton and immodefl lookes, for the ele is a vehement cnticer veto lull as appearethby many proofes. For thus fel Putiphars wife into vngodly lulling after lefeph: for thetext faith,fhe call her eies vpon lofeph. Thus Caine Dauid to adultery with terfebe, open by diforderly looking vpon her from his boufc top. Thus fell the fonnes ofGod into vnlawfull loue with the daughters of Gen.6. meo,by teeing that they were faire. This caufed Peter to fay of the wicked that they r,.ect:z. had adulterous eies And the know ledge of it made lob to take a bond of his eies,thatIob.;x, theyfhouldnot looks vpon a maid. Whereunto for an other inticement to vn- cleannes,we may refcrre alj vndecent and vncomely pi&ures , the corruption ofour eies , and confequently ofour hearrs, and therforc no doubt heere alfo condemned. Thirdly ,vnchafle behauiour, fuck as the Lord crieth out againfl by his Prophet, Efa7,1; flaying, that the daughters of Sion are hautys and walke with firetched out neckes and with wandering eier,walk nq and minting as they goe,anti making it trinckl :ng with their fecte,&c. Fourthly all wanton (peach filthy talcs Songes and formers of loue and lightnefle, lafciuious falutations and fuch like. Far esillwardcs corrupt good manners, and there I.Cor.114 mull no corrupt communication proceede out ofour mouthes,.but fuch as is good to Ephe -Los. the vie of edifying and may minifler grace to the hearers. As for filthines,foolifh tal- kmg,iefling,and fucialike,they are thinges vncomely fora Chriflian.Againe,vnchaft boolsea and wanton writings, who knçweth not howe they tickle too vncleannes? and therefore both they and the reading of them forbidden in this law. Sixtly, too much (howe inapparell, painting, tricking and trimming our felucs aboue conue- niency,it is a dangerous allurer of lull, and therefore forbidden. Quell. I could wEli yet a little larger (eachof apparel( , becaufeIfeeitis one ofthe wormes that wall eth at ciao, d.y the common wealth, that decaieth batíakeeping, that maIeeth ferait the bande ofthe wager to his feruant , and the Lord to histenant , and a thing tocon- clude that the deare children of God cannot ouercomethemfelues in. Anfs. And I will willingly anfwere your with with a little more fpeach ofit , yet not fuch as with diligence might bee made, but fuch rather as I haue at times thought Appareli, of,and found in Come manner effe /luall. Firfl therefore me thinke the very originali ofapparell fhould much nwoue a Chriftian feeling heart. For, when we bad finned,then werewe clothed: when we had laßour honaur ,t benwere we apparelled : fo that it is the figne abur finne, the badge ofour rebellion, the witteneffeofourflume , and it remem- brethtvnto vs,tbat we fhould weep continually to think,what we haue loft.Now alas how
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